Independent contractor and 1099

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  1. Nov 28, 2019 #1
    chucomom

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    I'm a relatively newer driver and just began driving otr..5 days out and home weekends. I was hired on as an independent contractor. They provided me with one of their trucks and they dispatch to whatever they've brokered. I'm being paid on 1099 making 25 % of whatever the truck grosses weekly. I've been looking into how 1099 works and I'm starting to be somewhat concerned. On average what would the lowest amount you would take a load for and to what distance in a situation like this? I'm getting rates from 250 to 1200 truck gross for all types of trailers( some I have no previous experience hauling) getting 25% of that amount for gross I'm not really making very much...or that's my opinion anyway. Any answers or advice would be so greatly appreciated.
     
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  3. Nov 28, 2019 #2
    MysticHZ

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    Quit ... You're an employee, not a business. 1099 is for running a business, where you control your revenue and most importantly you control your cost ... You control neither, you're be used as cheap labor.
     
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  4. Nov 28, 2019 #3
    JonJon78

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    Your getting ripped off. Anytime your driving someone else's truck you should be paid on a W-2.
     
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  5. Nov 28, 2019 #4
    chucomom

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    Thank you..that's how I was feeling after reading all the articles I could 1099. Then when I read how I also wouldn't really qualify for too many expense deductions..started shaking my head. Between bills..savings for taxes..I will never be out of the truck.
     
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    bryan21384

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    People that pay on 1099 think they are doing the worker a favor. A simple bit of mathematics will show that it equals to be the same as W2. 1099 jobs are there for people who need job rehabilitation. I did those jobs for a while. It's not worth it to do it if you don't have to.
     
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  8. Nov 28, 2019 #6
    Ridgeline

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    If you are an independent contractor, you have a contract to spell out what you do and what you don't do. You can't be told how to drive and can refuse work if it doesn't work for you. There are exceptions but those are contractual and I bet that the owner is clueless to how a contract would be setup.
     
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  9. Nov 28, 2019 #7
    kemosabi49

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    You will be responsible for your own taxes and also both yours and the company contribution to Social Security. You will not be able to collect any workmans comp if you get hurt, unless you provide the policy yourself, and will not be able to collect unemployment off of this job either. Best to start putting in applications.
     
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  10. Nov 28, 2019 #8
    buddyd157

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    if there are no loads, and you must dead head to another location, do you get paid 25% of 0...???

    i never liked the 1099 set up. i think the state of California is or has now not allowed this type of employment? if so, i'd reckon that ALL the states will follow suit in due time.

    seriously, get yourself a real job with taxes taken out and going towards your SS fund, and other"paid benefits" that being on a 1099 does not afford you. also, as a 1099 "contractor", YOU are responsible for your own workman's comp insurance......and that's expensive. you will be financially ruined should you get hurt.
     
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  11. Nov 28, 2019 #9
    chucomom

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    Thank you all so much. You confirmed all my fears. Time to find a new job.
     
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    buddyd157

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    good luck, you'll get something better
     
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